Table A1.

Attitudes of heads (mayors) of disaster sectors in local self-government units.

Attitudes	1 = Strongly Disagree	2	3	4	5 = Strongly Agree
The legal solution according to which the mayor is the commander of the disaster headquarters is good and should not be changed.
The city administration across all sectors is fully prepared to respond to disasters.
The competencies of the local self-government in disaster management in Serbia are fully and sufficiently precisely regulated by laws.
The city’s disaster management processes are sufficient (it has formed operational expert teams, appointed commissioners of civil protection and their deputies, formed and equipped and trained civil protection units, created a situation center, created a means of alert, etc.).
Strategic risk assessment plans provided by law are adopted and implemented in cities sufficiently and in a timely manner and the style of disaster management is mostly proactive.
Actors in the local self-government (public administration, public services and policy makers, citizens) are sufficiently trained and educated on disaster management.
Activities and voluntary engagement of citizens in emergency situations are appropriately regulated by laws and appropriate standard procedures.
Civil society organizations and citizens’ associations, volunteers are very important in disasters.